2016 Labour Party leadership election (UK)

2016 Labour Party leadership election
Turnout	506,438; (77.6%)
Leader before election; Jeremy Corbyn;	Elected Leader ; Jeremy Corbyn;

The 2016 Labour Party leadership election was called when a challenge to Jeremy Corbyn as Leader of the Labour Party arose following criticism of his approach to the Remain campaign in the referendum on membership of the European Union and questions about his leadership of the party.^[1]

The result was announced on 24 September 2016. Jeremy Corbyn won the election with 313,209 votes, increasing his share of the vote from 59.5% to 61.8% compared with the result of the 2015 leadership election, and receiving some 62,000 more votes than in 2015.

Candidates

The two candidates (challenger nominated by the Parliamentary Labour Party and European Parliamentary Labour Party)
Candidate	Born	Constituency	Most recent position	Announced	Campaign website (Slogan)	PLP/EPLP Nominations	Share
Corbyn, JeremyJeremy Corbyn	26 May 1949 (age 75)	MP for Islington North (1983–present)	Leader of the Labour Party; Leader of the Opposition (2015–present)	Incumbent	"JeremyForLabour". Archived from the original on 2015-06-07. (People powered politics)	N/A	N/A
Corbyn, JeremyJeremy Corbyn
Smith, OwenOwen Smith (campaign)	2 May 1970 (age 54)	MP for Pontypridd (2010–present)	Shadow Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (2015–2016)	13 July 2016^[6]	"Owen2016". Archived from the original on 20 July 2016. (Labour's Future)	18/19 July: 90	35.86%
	2 May 1970 (age 54)	MP for Pontypridd (2010–present)	Shadow Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (2015–2016)	13 July 2016^[6]		172 / 251	68.53%

Undeclared						18/19 July: 89	35.46%
Undeclared						20 July: 79	31.47%

References

↑ McSmith, Andy (30 June 2016). The Jeremy Corbyn leadership challenge is reducing the most senior members of Labour to tears. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/labour-leadership-challenge-jeremy-corbyn-reducing-senior-members-to-tears-latest-updates-a7109916.html. Retrieved 24 September 2016.
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 "Which CLPs are nominating who in the 2016 Labour leadership contest?". New Statesman. 23 July 2016. http://www.newstatesman.com/politics/staggers/2016/07/which-clps-are-nominating-who-2016-labour-leadership-contest. Retrieved 23 July 2016.
↑ "Jeremy Corbyn". Labour Party. Archived from the original on 13 August 2016. Retrieved 10 August 2016.
↑ ^4.0 ^4.1 "CLP Nominations". CLP Nominations on Twitter. July 2016. Retrieved 11 August 2016.
↑ "Vale of Clwyd's nomination is void due to a procedural error". CLP Nominations on Twitter. 9 August 2016. Retrieved 15 August 2016.
↑ "Labour leadership: Owen Smith to enter contest". BBC News. 13 July 2016. Retrieved 13 July 2016.
↑ "Labour Leadership Election 2016". Labour.org.uk. Archived from the original on 19 July 2016. Retrieved 19 July 2016.
↑ Pope, Conor (20 July 2016). "Which MPs and MEPs have nominated Owen Smith?". LabourList. Retrieved 20 July 2016.
↑ "Owen Smith". Labour Party. Archived from the original on 9 August 2016. Retrieved 10 August 2016.
↑ ^10.0 ^10.1 "Dumfriesshire CLP nominates Owen Smith. This CLP nominates together with Galloway and West Dumfries". CLP Nominations on Twitter. 11 August 2016. Retrieved 15 August 2016.

Notes

↑ The total number of MPs nominating Smith includes himself as he counts towards the minimum 51 nominating MP/MEPs required in order to be eligible for election.
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[1] McSmith, Andy (30 June 2016). The Jeremy Corbyn leadership challenge is reducing the most senior members of Labour to tears. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/labour-leadership-challenge-jeremy-corbyn-reducing-senior-members-to-tears-latest-updates-a7109916.html. Retrieved 24 September 2016.

[Which_CLPs_are_nominating_who-2] 2.0 ^2.1 "Which CLPs are nominating who in the 2016 Labour leadership contest?". New Statesman. 23 July 2016. http://www.newstatesman.com/politics/staggers/2016/07/which-clps-are-nominating-who-2016-labour-leadership-contest. Retrieved 23 July 2016.

[3] "Jeremy Corbyn". Labour Party. Archived from the original on 13 August 2016. Retrieved 10 August 2016.

[CLP_Nominations_on_Twitter-4] 4.0 ^4.1 "CLP Nominations". CLP Nominations on Twitter. July 2016. Retrieved 11 August 2016.

[5] "Vale of Clwyd's nomination is void due to a procedural error". CLP Nominations on Twitter. 9 August 2016. Retrieved 15 August 2016.

[bbc-20160713-6] "Labour leadership: Owen Smith to enter contest". BBC News. 13 July 2016. Retrieved 13 July 2016.

[Endorse-7] "Labour Leadership Election 2016". Labour.org.uk. Archived from the original on 19 July 2016. Retrieved 19 July 2016.

[Endorse2-8] Pope, Conor (20 July 2016). "Which MPs and MEPs have nominated Owen Smith?". LabourList. Retrieved 20 July 2016.

[11] "Owen Smith". Labour Party. Archived from the original on 9 August 2016. Retrieved 10 August 2016.

[Dumfriesshire-12] 10.0 ^10.1 "Dumfriesshire CLP nominates Owen Smith. This CLP nominates together with Galloway and West Dumfries". CLP Nominations on Twitter. 11 August 2016. Retrieved 15 August 2016.

[9] The total number of MPs nominating Smith includes himself as he counts towards the minimum 51 nominating MP/MEPs required in order to be eligible for election.

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